Total Voting Rights

The Diverse Income Trust plc (the "Company")

Total Voting Rights

In conformity with Disclosure and Transparency Rule 5.6.1, the issued share
capital and voting rights of the Company, as at 2 January 2013, are as follows:

Class of    Total number of  Number of  Voting rights Number of    Total number
share       shares in        voting     of shares in  shares held  of shares in
            circulation      rights     circulation   in treasury  issue       
                             attached                 (carrying no             
                             to each                  voting                   
                             share                    rights                   
                                                      attached                 
                                                      until                    
                                                      issued)                  
                                                                               
Ordinary    156,507,978      1          156,507,978   0            156,507,978 
Shares of                                                                      
0.1p                                                                           
                                                                               
C Shares of 62,000,000       1          62,000,000    0            62,000,000  
1p                                                                             
                                                                               
Total                                   218,507,978                            
Voting                                                                         
Rights                                                                         

The above total voting rights figure may be used by shareholders as the
denominator for the calculations by which they will determine whether they are
required to notify their interest in The Diverse Income Trust plc under the
FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

2 January 2013